Railway-passenger-car axle



Ja .n. 7, 1930. c. sANDERs- ET AIL 1,742,825

RAILWAY PASSENGER CAR AXLE Filed April 18, 1928 29 1in@ 5 2 of Fig. 1.-.

4Q Aand the ring Patented Jan. 7, 1930I UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE wruiTEn c. s 'ANDERs AND JOEL HEKTNEB, or CANTON, omo, AssIGN as To THE Tm- KEN ROLLENBNABING COMPANY, or CANTON, OHIO, A conronAT ON OF omoaArnwAx-rAssnNeEnfcAn AxLE.

Application .Iled 'April- 18,

Our invention relates to railway car axle construction, particularly to the construction of railway passenger-car axles. It has or its principal object a construction which is interchangeable with present standard railway car axles and which is providedv with'- antifriction bearings. Another object is tO permit creeping of the axle so as to distribute the wear on the inner bearing members. An-

other object is to accurately position and firmly hold the antifriction bearings in place. In the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the end portion of a railway axle and a vertical longitudinal section of parts associated therewith and embodying our invention; and

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the Each end portion 1- of an axle 2 extends through a bearing sleeve 3 that'is mounted in a journal box Lladapted to fit in a pedestal of standard construction (not shown inthe drawing). This'is the present standard passenger car axle constructi0n.` On the axle some distance inwardly from -the journal box 1 is a shoulder 5 against which abutsthe large end of the cone 6 vor 30 inner` bearing member of a conical roller bearing. Abutting against the small end of said cone 6 is a sleeve 7 whose inner diameter is larger than the diameter of the'axle 2 at that point; The small end of .a second bearing cone 8 abuts against said sleeve 7 ;n and abutting against said l.second or outermost bearing cone 8 is a ring 9 that is tight on they' axle as by being thereon. Thus the bearings are 9held `between the shoulder 5- .Mounted in 'thecounterboredend portions of the hub'of a'hollow wheel 10 are n cups 11, said cups abutting shoulders 12 in the wheel hub. Conical' rollers 13 5 interposed between the respective cups and cones', Bearing' adjustment 14v are' .illustrated 'between the sleeve and thev outermost cone 8 and between the Vshoulder, and the bearing cup 11. One or W bothsetsfshimsmaybe 'surrounds said bearing abutment ring 9.

.bearings are 1972s. serial No.'27o,s46.. Y

'are closure ringsl that enclose the hub of' the wheel. One of said rings surrounds a' collar 17 .on' said -shoulder 5 and the other Said closure rings 16 have inwardly projecting tubular portlons 18 provided with an Out` wardly extending annular rib 19.` Washers 20 secured to said collar and said ring 'respectively have flaring portions 21 overhanging thechannels 22 formed between said ribs 19 and the end wallsof the closure vrings 16. Said bearing sleeve 3 inl said journal box abuts against the bearing abutment ring -9 and is held in position by means of a nut 23 on the end of the axle 2. Said sleeve 3 and said ring 9 together preventany movement of the bearings. The axle ordinarily does -not rotate; but it and said sleeve may creep passenger cars now in use, being easily interehangeablewith present standard railwayv 7 5 car axles and making use of the present stand- ,ardpedestals The wheels are permitted diierential jmovement' and the antifriction much superiorto the ordinary L `1. A railway car axle construction conij prising a journal box, a bearing sleeve there'-. v 1n, an axle: extending into said sleeveand. l projecting slghtlybeyond it, a. wheelk hav- 8i ingY an enlarged bore mounted on said axle' inwardly of saidjournal box,l an antifriction bearing inte osed between said wheel and'. said axle, aann a bearing abuinnent'ring tight onsaidaxle between said Vsleeve andan inner member and a nut op the projectingend of saidaxle'engaging said sleeve.

2. A railway car a-xle construction prising an axlehaving, a shoulder thereon, a'. wheel' enlarged bore anddisposed outwardly from said shoulder, a bear- 'ing cone on Ysaid axle abutting against said Y shoulder, asecond bearing cone 0n said axle 100 g abutment'shoulder on 'said' axle at the inner end of said bearing; 90

spaced from said first bearing cone, a spacing sleeve interposed between said bearing cones, bearing cups in tlie counterbored ends of the hub o said wheel, conical bearing rollers between the respective cups and cones, a bearing abutment ring fixed on said axle and engaglng said second or outermost bearing cone,

' a journal box into which the end portion yof said axle extends, a sleeve interposed between said journal box and said axle, said sleeve engaging said bearing abutment ring and a nut on the end of said axle engaging said sleeve.

Signed at Canton, Ohio, this 3rd day of Apri1,1928.

WALTER C. SANDERS. JOEL HEKTNER. 

